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...joystick. Only this wasn't a game: it was part of a remotely operated weapons system. The screens display views from cameras atop the truck with a range, clarity and thermal-imaging capacity that permit operators to see what the human eye cannot. The joystick allows a gunner to aim the cameras and fire a machine gun, also mounted on the truck bed, while the crew is protected inside the armored...
...living monument to Harvard’s inability to effectively accommodate the social lives of its students. It is a failed project in almost every respect, its original purpose obliterated by poor design and subsequent misuse. But while reviving Loker Commons as a student center is a noble aim, indeed, the transformation of the space into a pub environment would be counter-productive and, more than likely, ultimately unsuccessful...
...thing is for sure, we aim to put the Harvard flag on top at least one untouched peak,” Holmes says...
...aim was to point to the need for conscious efforts at Harvard and in the nation more broadly to contribute to the prosperity and health of Native American communities. I regret if my remarks were understood otherwise,” Summers said...
...education is a curious mixture of drudgery and inspiration. Cadets are deprived of freedom and at the same time given responsibility, encouraged to be creative and at the same time punished for failing to go by the book. It seems a mass of contradictions, until one realizes that the aim of West Point, unstated perhaps, is to produce leaders who are bold yet also reflexively carry out orders. "The mission of West Point," states General Bruce Palmer Jr., '36, "is to put iron in your soul...